Volcanoes as possible indicators of tectonic stress orientation — Aleutians and Alaska     

Kazuaki Nakamura  Klaus H. Jacob  John N. Davies 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1977,115(1-2):87-112

A new method for obtaining from volcanic surface features the orientations of the principal tectonic stresses is applied to Aleutian and Alaskan volcanoes. The underlying concept for this method is that flank eruptions for polygenetic volcanoes can be regarded as the result of a large-scale natural magmafracturing experiment. The method essentially relies on the recognition of the preferred orientation of radial and parallel dike swarms, primarily using the distribution of monogenetic craters including flank volcanoes. Since dikes tend to propagate in a direction normal to the minimum principal stress (T-axis), the method primarily yields the direction of the maximum horizontal compression (MHC) of regional origin. The direction of the MHC may correspond to either the maximum (P-axis) or intermediate (B-axis) principal stress.The direction of MHC obtained at 20 volcanoes in the Aleutian arc coincides well with the direction of convergence between the Pacific and North American plates. This result provides evidence that in the island arc the inferred direction of MHC is parallel to the maximum principal tectonic stress. In the back-arc region, general E-W trends of MHC are obtained from seven volcanic fields on islands on the Bering Sea shelf and the mainland coast of Alaska. These volcanic fields consist mostly of clusters of monogenetic volcanoes of alkali basalt. In the back-arc region, the trends of MHC may correspond to an E-W intermediate, a vertical maximum, and a N-S minimum principal stress.Implications for the tectonics of island arcs and back-arc regions are: (1) volcanic belts of some island arcs, including the Aleutian arc, are under compressional deviatoric stress in the direction of plate convergence. It is improbable that such arcs would split along the volcanic axis to form actively spreading marginal basins. (2) This compressional stress at the arc, probably generated by underthrusting, appears to be transmitted across the entire arc structure, but is apparently replaced within several hundred kilometers by a stress system characterized by horizontal extension (tensional deviatoric stress) in the back-arc region. (3) The volcanoes associated with these two stress systems differ in type (polygenetic vs. monogenetic) and in the chemistry of their magmas (andesitic vs. basaltic). These differences and the regional differences in orientation of the principal tectonic stresses suggest that the back-arc stress system has its own source at considerable depth beneath the crust.Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Contribution No. 2503.  相似文献   

HFT events: Shallow moonquakes?     

Yosio Nakamura 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1977,14(3):217-223

A few large distant seismic events of distinctly high signal frequency, designated HFT (high-frequency teleseismic) events, are observed yearly by the Apollo lunar seismic network. Their sources are located on or near the surface of the moon, leaving a large gap in seismic activity between the zones of HFT sources and deep moonquakes. No strong regularities are found in either their spatial or temporal distributions. Several working hypotheses for the identity of these sources have been advanced, but many characteristics of the events seem to favor a hypothesis that they are shallow moonquakes. Simultaneous observations of other lunar phenomena may eventually enable the determination of their true identity.  相似文献   

Terrestrial heat flow around the aseismic front of the Japanese Island Arc     

Yuji Nakamura  Hiroshi Wakita 《Tectonophysics》1982,81(1-2)

Very few data on heat flow are available in the area around the aseismic front of the Japanese Islands. In order to remedy this situation, measurements of the terrestrial heat flow were made at three locations in the eastern part of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Honshu, Japan. The observed values of heat flow were 37 mW/m² (0.88 μcal/cm²·s) at Soma, 52 mW/m² (1.25 μcal/cm²·s) at Kashima and 19 mW/m² (0.46 μcal/cm²·s) at Naraha, respectively. These data partially fill the gaps in the terrestrial heat flow data on land in northeastern Honshu, Japan. These values are considerably lower than the average heat flow over the world, but agree well with the previous estimation for the area.  相似文献   

Determination of REE,Ba, Fe,Mg, Na and K in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Noboru Nakamura 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1974,38(5):757-775

Precise determination of REE and Ba abundances in three carbonaceous (Orgueil Cl, Murchison C2 and Allende C3) and seven olivine-bronzite chondrites were carried out by mass spectrometric isotope dilution technique. Replicate analyses of standard rock and the three carbonaceous chondrites demonstrated the high quality of the analyses (accuracies for REE are ±1–2 per cent). Certain carbonaceous chondrite specimens showed small positive irregularities in Yb abundance. The Yb ‘anomaly’ (approximately + 5 per cent relative to the average of 10 ordinary chondrites) in Orgueil may relate to high temperature components. The REE pattern of Guareña (H6) exhibits comparatively extensive fractionation (about factor 2) with a negative anomaly for Eu (17 ± 1 percent) compared to the average H chondrite. This could be interpreted in terms of extensive thermal metamorphism leading to melting.Apart from absolute abundance differences, there appears to be small but recognizable fractionation among the average relative REE abundances of Cl, E, H and L chondrites. However, individual chondrites within these groups showed more or less fractionated REE patterns relative to each other. The distinction between H and L chondrites was well demonstrated in Eu-Sm correlation curves and absolute abundance differences of REE and major elements.Si-normalized atomic ratios of the REE abundances in different kinds of chondrites to those in Orgueil (Cl) chondrite were 0.58 (E), 0.75 (H), 0.81 (L), 1.07 (C2) and 1.32 (C3).  相似文献   

Evolution of lunar materials in light of the abundance variation of oxyphile trace elements     

Akimasa Masuda  Noboru Nakamura 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1970,29(1):11-27

Based on the lunar data on lanthanides, U, Th, Ba, and Sr, the partition coefficients for fractional solidification were estimated for these elements. The resultant values suggest the removal of solids with perhaps pyroxenic composition. The partition coefficient for europium can be judged to be normal as divalent europium dominantly present in the melt. When we go back following the trend of fractionation of abundances, we can reach the stage where there is no europium anomaly and where the thorium concentration level is chondritic. It can be imagined that the material corresponding to this stage was the directly original lunar material system. As a possibility, a zone melting is thought to be a possible process for the derivation of that material from chondritic material. The chondrite-normalized lanthanide patterns for silicate materials of two stony-irons appear to provide us with an intriguing clue to this problem.  相似文献   

PP-P differential traveltime measurement with crustal correction     

Masayuki Obayashi  Daisuke Suetsugu  Yoshio Fukao 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,157(3):1152-1162

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Stability and P–V–T equation of state of KAlSi3O8-hollandite determined by in situ X-ray observations and implications for dynamics of subducted continental crust material     

Norimasa Nishiyama  Robert Paul Rapp  Tetsuo Irifune  Takeshi Sanehira  Daisuke Yamazaki  Ken-ichi Funakoshi 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2005,32(8-9):627-637

In situ X-ray diffraction measurements of KAlSi₃O₈-hollandite (K-hollandite) were performed at pressures of 15–27 GPa and temperatures of 300–1,800 K using a Kawai-type apparatus. Unit-cell volumes obtained at various pressure and temperature conditions in a series of measurements were fitted to the high-temperature Birch-Murnaghan equation of state and a complete set of thermoelastic parameters was obtained with an assumed K′_300,0=4. The determined parameters are V _300,0=237.6(2) Å³, K _300,0=183(3) GPa, (?K _T,0/?T) _P =?0.033(2) GPa K^?1, a ₀=3.32(5)×10^?5 K^?1, and b ₀=1.09(1)×10^?8 K^?2, where a ₀ and b ₀ are coefficients describing the zero-pressure thermal expansion: α _T,0 = a ₀ + b ₀ T. We observed broadening and splitting of diffraction peaks of K-hollandite at pressures of 20–23 GPa and temperatures of 300–1,000 K. We attribute this to the phase transitions from hollandite to hollandite II that is an unquenchable high-pressure phase recently found. We determined the phase boundary to be P (GPa)=16.6 + 0.007 T (K). Using the equation of state parameters of K-hollandite determined in the present study, we calculated a density profile of a hypothetical continental crust (HCC), which consists only of K-hollandite, majorite garnet, and stishovite with 1:1:1 ratio in volume. Density of HCC is higher than the surrounding mantle by about 0.2 g cm^?3 in the mantle transition zone while this relation is reversed below 660-km depth and HCC becomes less dense than the surrounding mantle by about 0.15 g cm^?3 in the uppermost lower mantle. Thus the 660-km seismic discontinuity can be a barrier to prevent the transportation of subducted continental crust materials to the lower mantle and the subducted continental crust may reside at the bottom of the mantle transition zone.  相似文献   

Determination of Chlorine in Nine Rock Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry     

Tatsuya Fujitani  Noboru Nakamura 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2006,30(2):113-120

A procedure for the determination of chlorine by the isotope dilution technique (ID) using negative thermal ionisation mass spectrometry (N-TIMS) is described. Silicate samples of about 10 mg were spiked and decomposed with hydrofluoric acid, and chlorine was isolated by precipitation of silver chloride after neutralisation with Ca(OH)₂. The ammonical solution of AgCl was then subjected to N-TIMS. Replicate analyses of rock reference materials, typically of JB-1 and JR-1, demonstrated the high quality of the analyses (precision for Cl was ± 1-2%). We present here the most precise data sets of chlorine concentrations in nine igneous rock reference materials, three basalts (JB-1, JB-2, JB-3), two andesites (JA-3, AGV-1), two rhyolites (JR-1, JR-2) and two granodiorites (JG-3, GSP-1). The chlorine concentrations found ranged from 152 μg g-1 in AGV-1 to 1008 μg g^-1 in JR-1. Our results presented here are partly (but not completely) in agreement with recommended values, where they are available. The N-TIMS ID technique can thus be used as a means of determining low chlorine contents in silicate materials to high precision.  相似文献   

Improved methods to transform frequency‐dependent complex stiffness to time domain     

Naohiro Nakamura 《地震工程与结构动力学》2006,35(8):1037-1050

A method to transform the frequency‐dependent complex stiffness to the impulse response in the time domain was proposed in the previous paper. However, there is a problem in that the accuracy and the convergence of the transformed impulse response are not good in some cases. Moreover, the hysteretic damping was not considered in the previous study although it is essential for practical purposes. In this paper, transform method improvements are proposed. First, the accuracy and the convergence are improved by taking the concept of virtual mass into account. Then, a more improved method for transforming the complex stiffness with large hysteretic damping to the time domain is proposed using the least square method. It is well known that the rigorous transform of the hysteretic damping is impossible because it is non‐causal. So this method is thought to be an approximate causalization process. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Temporal Variations of Seismic Wave Velocity Associated with 1998 M6.1 Shizukuishi Earthquake     

A. Nakamura  A. Hasegawa  N. Hirata  T. Iwasaki  H. Hamaguchi 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2002,159(6):1183-1204

—?We attempt to detect temporal variations of seismic wave velocity before and after 1998 M6.1 Shizukuishi, northeastern Japan, earthquake by using waveform data from explosions and earthquake doublets spanning the period immediately before and after the earthquake. Direct P waves of the second explosion are delayed by ～20 ms at observation stations with epicentral distances less than 15 km. This tendency does not change if the analysis frequency band is changed. Our result suggests that the P-wave velocity decreased by at least 1% in the extremely shallow region of the hanging wall of the M6.1 thrust event after its occurrence. On the other hand, there was the frequency dependence of the coda wave delays for both artificial sources and for natural events. At 5–10 Hz, immediate sharp increases by more than 20 ms in time delays and lower coherency were observed at several stations. We estimated the region in which P-wave velocity might have decreased after the M6.1 earthquake. Maximum depth of the region is 13 km. The region includes the aftershock area of the M6.1 earthquake, but is eccentric to the earthquake in the west. Considering the frequency band analyzed (5–10 Hz), the scale of the spatial inhomogeneity which led to the coda wave delay is several hundreds meters. We investigated candidates for the cause of the direct P-wave and coda wave delay. Observed direct P-wave delay can be partly explained by the stress changes caused by coseismic fault slip. However, the coda wave delay cannot be explained by the stress changes that are limited to the superficial area. Crustal heterogeneity should have changed at coseismic time in the deeper area where aftershocks of the M6.1 earthquake occurred.  相似文献